Donald Trump news today: Georgia grand jury could weigh conspiracy charge as ex-NYPD boss hands docs to Jan 6 probe

The details of eight different search warrants and affidavits were filed in connection with the federal case against former president Donald Trump regarding his handling of classified documents, according to court documents unsealed today.

The revelation came as NBC News and other news organisations petitioned to know the contents of the warrant used to search Mr Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida last year.

Officials did not disclose the content of the warrants and affidavits.

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee issued a memo saying that Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and Sen Chuck Grassley’s (R-IA) release of an unclassified document related to their probe of Hunter Biden jeopardises national security.

Mr Grassley released what is called an FD-1023 form, which includes claims that a confidential informant made about President Joe Biden’s son Hunter’s work with Ukrainian energy company Burisma.

The informant claimed that they were told by officials at Burisma about their relationships with then-vice president Biden and his son Hunter. But top Republicans admit they cannot verify the claims in the form.

But a memo from the Democratic members of the committee characterised the claims, which were memorialised “second-hand” from Ukrainian Oligarch Mykola Zlochevsky, the owner of Burisma, to the FBI by a confidential source, as coming “years after the fact.”

Republican presidential candidate and North Dakota Gov Doug Burgum is offering $20 gift cards to donors who give $1 to his campaign — but some supporters of Joe Biden say they have been funneling the gift card money to the president’s re-election campaign.

Kelly Rissman has the story.

Eric Garcia has the details.

Donald Trump is angered by a plan to introduce a paid visa system in Europe in 2024. The European Travel Information and Authorisation System would cost travellers from outside Europe $8 and last for three years.

The former president posted on Truth Social:

Wow! “U.S. CITIZENS WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR A VISA TO TRAVEL TO EUROPE STARTING IN 2024.” Think of this. We give them everything, including military protection and trade, and now we have to pay them to go there. NO RESPECT FOR THE UNITED STATES. I WILL, AS PRESIDENT, NOT ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN. IT WILL END VERY QUICKLY!!!

Visitors from outside the US have for many years had to apply for a similar travel authorisation document to enter the country, an Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA), which lasts for two years and costs $21.

Donald Trump lashed out at Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith, US Attorney General Merrick Garland and his own successor President Joe Biden in his latest tirade on Truth Social on Sunday night, where he once again claimed to be the victim of a “coordinated HOAX” orchestrated by his enemies to rob him of a return to the White House.

Mr Trump was informed by Mr Smith last week that he is the target of a grand jury investigation into his role in the deadly Capitol riot of 6 January 2021 and in his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in his favour.

Former president Donald Trump has hit out at the “politically correct Republican Congress” for not yet impeaching President Joe Biden, seeming to encourage them to do so. He wrote on Truth Social on Tuesday afternoon:

So, let’s get this straight? The Democrat SLIMEBALLS in Congress, then headed by Crazy Nancy Pelosi, Impeached me over a PERFECT PHONE CALL (I Won!), and are now Indicting me over their continuing, illegal, and long running Witch Hunt, but Crooked Joe Biden, who has stolen and extorted millions of dollars, won’t be Impeached or Indicted by a very kind, friendly, and politically correct Republican Congress. Gee, that seems very fair to me? MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!

Back on 6 January 2021, authorities identified two pipe bombs in the Washington DC area — one each outside of the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee headquarters on Capitol Hill.

The devices were discovered just minutes before Donald Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol, prompting concerns that they were planted as a distraction ahead of the chaos.

Donald Trump has been posting on Truth Social this afternoon attacking his current two favourite targets: Ron DeSantis and Jack Smith. Hinting at the problems of the former’s 2024 campaign, he first he wrote:

Fox is desperately trying to find a “replacement” for Ron DeSanctimonious, but only “TRUMP,” despite a Weaponized Injustice Department, is working. Reminds me of 2016, doesn’t it?

He then turned his attention to his own legal woes, noting the cost of investigating his alleged crimes before again claiming he was being persecuted.

So far this “prosecutor,” Jack Smith(?), handpicked by Biden, Merrick Garland, and rabid Trump Hater, Lisa Monaco, has spent more than $28 Million TARGETING me. When you add the Mueller Witch Hunt, it’s over $100 Million. Almost nothing has been spent on Crooked Joe Biden, by far the most corrupt President in the History of the United States. There is no longer “Justice” in the U.S.A., it’s all about persecuting your political opponent, me. But we will WIN, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

Aileen Cannon, a federal judge with the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida overseeing the Espionage Act and obstruction of justice case against Mr Trump, has rejected the disgraced ex-president’s bid to delay his trial until after the 2024 election.

Judge Cannon issued an order on 21 July granting the government’s request to set a speedy trial date and schedule for pretrial motions, with a start date of 20 May 2024.